Poets Present their Manuscripts to a King

Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on tan antique laid paper, traced over with a stylus and irregularly squared in black chalk

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink, brown wash and black chalk on blue (?) antique laid paper, pricked for transfer; verso: covered in black chalk

Brown ink and brown wash over red chalk heightened with white gouache on buff antique laid paper retouched in black ink

Brown ink over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper

Black ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Black ink and black wash on white antique laid paper

Brown ink with touches of red chalk on antique laid paper, mounted

Brown ink and gray wash on tan antique laid paper

Brown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper

Brown ink heightened with white gouache over red chalk on green-gray antique laid paper